On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 02:53:44PM +0100, Martin Bene wrote: > Hi Jakob / Nick > > > > Am I dead or can I "freshen" sda2 so I can at least have 2 > > > devices in my array and therefore > > > have a chance of either backing off the data or rebulding > > > with a new sdc ? > > > > http://unthought.net/Software-RAID.HOWTO/Software-RAID.HOWTO.html > > > > Section 6.1 "Recovery from Multiple Disk Failure" > > I think a pointer to neils mdadm should be included in the howto: Neils tool > allows much easier recovery from this situation, as it'll just override the > event counter and reuse all the other information. This means that you can't > mess up because of incorrect raidtab etc. > I completely agree. mdadm is a tremendously useful tool, which I unfortunately hasn't had the time to get acquainted to. I will be very happy to include your submission ;) -- ................................................................ : jakob@unthought.net : And I see the elder races, : :.........................: putrid forms of man : : Jakob Østergaard : See him rise and claim the earth, : : OZ9ABN : his downfall is at hand. : :.........................:............{Konkhra}...............: - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html